Preventive maintenance includes a strategic inspection of the entire system, detection of faults (if any) and providing corrective actions to prevent any failures in the future and to prevent any further damage to the entire machine. Maintenance should also be performed and this covers testing, measurements and adjustments, replacing of defect or worn out parts which are very helpful in ensuring that no malfunction happens. There are various preventive maintenance tasks that should be done in an industrial air compressor such as scheduled overhauls which can either be partial or complete, changing of oil and lubrication and many others.
It is also advisable for workers who are using the industrial air compressor service to list down important information regarding the equipment and the deteriorated parts to let everyone in the work place know that something needs to be changed soon before the machine fails. Preventive maintenance can only be considered as ideal in a workplace if equipment failures are avoided before it happens.
What are the advantages offered by preventive maintenance? First and foremost, the system reliability is increased greatly to make sure that the machine will work efficiently and properly which could help lengthen the lifetime of equipment. Second, the downtime record of the system may be reduced and it can help prevent any industrial air compressor service works that are not included in the company’s budget to ensure that expenses are within the limit. Third, there is no need for a machine replacement every few years which could cut down cost. Data trending can be observed since there are records regarding the operation parameters of the equipment such as temperature, electrical information and pressure. All of this can be later used in order to troubleshoot a certain problem concerning the machine.
Preventive maintenance is valuable to every business no matter how big or small. The only difference is the amount of money saved. There are manufacturing plants that incur a lot of losses during equipment’s downtime which could range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars per hour. Many are not convinced of the value of preventive maintenance and may perceive it as something that will cost a lot of money. There are those that view regular preventive maintenance as costly compared to performing maintenance works only when the machine deteriorates or a part of it breaks down. What they don’t see is the long term benefits offered as well as savings accumulated.